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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I do battle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /má.kʰɛː/ → /ˈma.çi/ → /ˈma.çi/
Noun
μᾰ́χη • (mákhē) f (genitive μᾰ́χης); first declension
- battle, combat
- quarrel, strife, dispute
- contest, game
- battlefield
- (logic) contradiction, inconsistency
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “μάχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μάχη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μάχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάχη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3163 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- battle idem, page 65.
- battle-field idem, page 65.
- brawl idem, page 94.
- combat idem, page 144.
- conflict idem, page 159.
- contest idem, page 168.
- encounter idem, page 271.
- engagement idem, page 274.
- fight idem, page 318.
- fighting idem, page 319.
- fray idem, page 343.
- strife idem, page 825.
- struggle idem, page 828.
- tactics idem, page 852.
- undecided idem, page 912.
- warfare idem, page 964.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη (mákhē).
Noun
μάχη • (máchi) f (plural μάχες)
- (military) battle, combat
- fight, struggle
Declension
Derived terms